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Advocacy: The Pivotal Role of Oncology Nurses

Roxanne Blackburn
Kristin G. Johnson
Sandra Chaveleh
CJON 2020, 24(1), 103-106 DOI: 10.1188/20.CJON.103-106
Advocacy, an important component of nursing professional practice, is pivotal to ensuring that nurses’ experience and insight influence public policy. Understanding how to become engaged and receive training to inform that process can support nurses’ professional development. Such engagement...
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Communities

American Indians and Alaska Natives: Resolving Disparate Cancer Outcomes

Emily A. Haozous
CJON 2020, 24(1), 107-110 DOI: 10.1188/20.CJON.107-110
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) have been documented as a population with high rates of cancer mortality in comparison to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. During a time when other populations in the United States are experiencing improvements in cancer outcomes,...
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From the Editor

Moving Forward, Together

Debra Lyon
ONF 2020, 47(1), 13-14 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.13-14
This past summer, while attending a genetics conference in Bar Harbor, Maine, I was informed that I would be the incoming editor of the Oncology Nursing Forum ( ONF ). Since then, I have tried to coalesce my thoughts to write my first editorial. Bar Harbor in July is as idyllic a setting for...
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Commentary

The DNA of a Testing Scam

Suzanne M. Mahon
CJON 2019, 23(6), 563 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.563
Federal agents raided a number of genetic testing laboratories in September 2019, resulting in 35 people being charged with fraudulent genetic testing associated with an estimated $2.1 billion in losses to federal healthcare insurance programs. The scams work in several ways. In some cases, an...
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People & Events

People and Events 04-2000

Jane M. Fall-Dickson
ONF 2000, 27(3), 431-433 DOI: 10.1188/00.ONF.431-433
American Cancer Society Presents Distinguished Service Awards Mayer Appointed to National Cancer Legislation Advisory Committee Gaston-Johansson Joins Board of Sigma Theta Tau Ettinger Named President of National Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses Whitaker Receives Recognition for Excellence...
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